Tornado Alicia Black Explained
Tornado Alicia Black |
Birth Date: | May 12, 1998 |
Birth Place: | Boca Raton, Florida |
Careerprizemoney: | $47,348 |
Singlesrecord: | 33–17 |
Singlestitles: | 2 ITF |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 404 (February 2, 2015) |
Usopenresult: | Q2 (2014) |
Doublesrecord: | 6–6 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 348 (September 14, 2015) |
Usopendoublesresult: | 2R (2015) |
Mixed: | yes |
Usopenmixedresult: | 1R (2014) |
Tornado Alicia Black (born May 12, 1998) is an American former tennis player.
She was taught by Rick Macci, a former tennis player. Macci taught many people including Serena and Venus Williams.
Black won two singles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On February 2, 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 404. On September 14, 2015, she peaked at No. 348 in the doubles rankings.
She was runner-up at the 2013 Junior US Open, losing to Ana Konjuh in three sets.[1] [2]
Black made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2014 Abierto Mexicano Telcel. Having been awarded a wildcard, she played Serbian sixth seed Bojana Jovanovski in the first round, losing in straight sets.[3]
Tornado and her younger sister Hurricane Tyra had at one point been referred to as "the next Williams sisters".[4]
In 2017, she was sidelined by a hip injury.[5] Black used GoFundMe to get the $40,000 needed for the hip surgery.[6] Her last match on the circuit so far took place in March 2017.
ITF finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend |
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$25,000 tournaments | $10,000 tournaments | |
| Finals by surface |
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Hard (1–0) | Clay (1–1) | |
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Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | July 1, 2012 | ITF Buffalo, United States | Clay | Jamie Loeb | 6–7(5), 2–6 |
Win | September 29, 2013 | ITF Amelia Island, United States | Clay | Alexandra Mueller | 4–6, 6–0, 6–0 |
Win | July 20, 2014 | ITF Evansville, United States | Hard | Caitlin Whoriskey | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | |
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Legend |
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$25,000 tournaments | $10,000 tournaments | |
| Finals by surface |
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Hard (0–1) | Clay (0–0) | |
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Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles
Outcome | Year | width=130 | Championship | Surface | width=160 | Opponent | width=130 | Score |
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Runner-up | 2013 | US Open | Hard | Ana Konjuh | 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(6) | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Konjuh outlasts Black to win girls' singles title. US Open. September 8, 2013. February 23, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140228051304/http://www.usopen.org/news/konjuh_outlasts_black_to_win_girls_singles_title/. February 28, 2014.
- Web site: Coric and Konjuh secure US Open titles. Sandra. Harwitt. International Tennis Federation. September 8, 2013. February 23, 2014.
- Web site: Jovanovski blows past Tornado Black. kora.com. February 25, 2014. March 5, 2014.
- Web site: Greatness in forecast for Tornado Black. Melissa. Isaacson. ESPN. September 18, 2013. February 23, 2014.
- News: David Waldstein . Tornado Black, Tennis Prodigy, Sidelined by an Operation's High Cost . 28 January 2023 . . 5 September 2017.
- Web site: Alicia "Tornado" Black hip surgery, organized by Alicia Black.